Honey infused with pollen

Abstract

Honey infused with pollen is a method of infusing pure raw minimally processed honey with minimally processed plant and bee pollen.

What is claimed: 
     
       1. A method of making a honey mixed with pollen having extended shelf life comprising:
 (a) collecting plant based pollen from plants, trees, or shrubs and storing in an air tight container; 
 (b) measuring and recording the date of collection, location and plant based pollen source when collecting said plant based pollen and subsequently freezing said plant based pollen at a temperature below 32° F.; 
 (c) collecting bee pollen with a pollen trap on a bee hive and measuring and recording the moisture, date of collection and temperature of said bee pollen and subsequently freezing said bee pollen at a temperature below 32° F. and storing in an air-tight container; 
 (d) mixing the plant pollen and bee pollen in a desired amount; 
 (e) mixing the pollens from step (d) with a desired amount of warmed honey and storing said honey pollen mixture in an air-tight container. 
 
     
     
       2. A method of making a honey mixed with pollen having extended shelf life comprising:
 (a) collecting plant based pollen throughout the year in a plurality of locals wherein said plant based pollen is selected from the group consisting of pine, oak, cedar, juniper, ragweed and mixtures thereof; 
 (b) measuring and recording the date of collection, and local of said plant based pollen source and subsequently freezing the pollen at a temperature below 32° F.; 
 (c) collecting bee pollen with pollen traps on bee hives located in a plurality of locals, measuring and recording the date of collection, location and pollen source when collecting the pollen and subsequently freezing the pollen at a temperature below 32° F. and storing in air-tight containers; 
 (d) mixing the plant pollen and bee pollen in a desired amount; 
 (e) blending a measured amount of pollens from step (d) with a measured amount of raw unfiltered honey warmed to a temperature of 90-97° F. in a blender until the mixture is frothy; 
 (f) adding blended mixture from step (e) to a larger quantity of raw unfiltered honey heated to a temperature of 90-97° F. wherein the ratio of pollen to honey (by weight) is between 0.017% and 0.025% and maintaining an overall moisture content of the honey pollen mixture to less than 17%; 
 (g) stirring said honey pollen mixture of step (f) until the mixture of honey, plant pollen and bee pollen is evenly distributed; 
 (h) bottling the honey pollen mixture in an airtight container while stirring to ensure a consistent distribution of pollen. 
 
     
     
       3. A method of making a honey mixed with pollen having extended shelf life comprising:
 (a) collecting plant based pollen throughout the year in multiple locals selected from the group consisting of pine, oak, cedar, juniper, ragweed and mixtures thereof; 
 (b) measuring and recording the date of collection, and plant based pollen source local and freezing said plant based pollen at a temperature below 32° F.; 
 (c) collecting bee pollen with pollen traps on bee hives in multiple locals, measuring and recording the date of collection, type of bee pollen and local, and subsequently freezing said bee pollen at a temperature below 32° F. and storing in air-tight containers; 
 (d) mixing the plant based pollen and bee pollen in a desired amount; 
 (e) warming 3 pounds of raw unprocessed honey to a temperature between 90-97° F. 
 (f) combining said 3 pounds of warm honey from step (e) with approximately 33 grams of frozen pollen selected from plant based pollen, bee pollen or mixtures thereof; 
 (g) blending the mixture of step (f) in a blender until the mixture becomes frothy; 
 (h) mixing said blended ingredients from step (g) with approximately 350 pounds of warmed raw, unprocessed, unfiltered honey and maintaining an overall moisture content of the honey pollen mixture of less than 17%; 
 (i) stirring said mixture from step (h) until the pollen is evenly distributed in said honey; 
 (j) bottling said mixture in airtight containers while stirring said mixture every twenty minutes to distribute the pollen particles in the honey.